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NEWS – MEDIA - ISSUES NOVEMBER 2008 EVENTS: UnitingCare Ballarat is supporting White Ribbon Day on the 25th November. White Ribbon Day is the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. White ribbons or wrist bands are on sale at our reception desk at 105 Dana Street for a $2 donation. For more information visit http://www.whiteribbonday.org.au/  HOUSING: The Housing Project Common Ground is happening in Australia. Common Ground is the brainchild of a New Yorker, Roseanne Haggerty. She persuaded the city council to hand her a derelict art deco building near Times Square and raised $US35 million from businesses to restore it. She created 400 basic self-contained units, mostly for the citys chronic homeless but with about a third reserved for workers. It was an efficient way to provide on-site the 24-hour support services the chronically homeless needed. For more information The Age - 10 Sep 2008 - Common Ground Housing Project.doc
HOMELESS ISSUES: One night this winter, in just a fraction of the City of Melbourne, 112 people were sleeping rough — on streets, in parks, at churches and railway stations. See The Age - Doing it tough.doc Those of us working in the community sector over the past few years have watched poverty and disadvantage swell and rise along with the property values of our citys real estate. See The Age - 5 Aug 2008 National Homeless Persons Week.doc YOUTH: AN underclass of young Australians is battling depression, booze, drugs, and poor health, according to a landmark study. The Sun 24-9-08 Youth Health Study.doc A SUMMIT of the countrys leading mental health experts yesterday declared a "state of emergency" in youth mental health. See The Age 18 Oct 2008 - Crisis for mentally ill youngsters.doc MENTAL HEALTH: National figures published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that of the 3.2 million people who had a mental health disorder in the previous 12 months, only 35 per cent obtained treatment services -- less than the 38 per cent reported in the previous survey in 1997. For more information The Age - 24 Oct 2008 - Mental illness ravaging nation.doc Some two decades after institutions were abandoned, Jill Stark examines how well society is tackling mental health crises. See The Age 22 Oct 2008 - After the doors closed.doc ALCOHOL & DRUG: The states only residential rehab program taking in teens aged under 16, Tandana has been a refuge for more than 200 young people. See The Age 16 August 2008 - Youth Alcohol & Drug - Escaping life.doc CHILDREN: AUSTRALIAS prosperity is masking an unpalatable truth - the health and wellbeing of our children lag unacceptably behind those of many developed countries.The Australian 21 Oct 2008 - Childrens Report.doc POVERTY: For millions of the worlds poorest citizens, it is literally a matter of life and death. Too few developing countries have adequate safety nets and the very poor have few coping mechanisms The Age - 24 Oct 2008 - The worlds poor stand to lose the most.doc THE BIG ISSUE: The Big Issue is a fortnightly independent current affairs and entertainment magazine sold on the street by homeless and other marginalised people. The magazine enables the vendors to earn their own income - they buy the magazine for $2.50 and sell it for $5. Vendors can be found at Myers corner and at the Howitt Street shopping strip. The Light Lounge, Wesley Hall, acts as the distributor and meeting place for vendors.
The Big Issue has also recently launched The Ballarat Street Socceroos. The program gives men and women of all ages and abilities an opportunity to play soccer every week.
Time: 2pm – 4pm Every Tuesday during 2008 Where: Whiteflat Oval - Located beside Yarrowee Creek on Hickman Street near Grant Street, Ballarat.
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